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Small shrub, often scrambling, rooting at lower nodes. Stem ribbed, glabrous, younger parts sparsely pubescent. Petiole 0.7-1.5 cm long, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent, vaginate to apex; blade not scabrous, somewhat glandular-dotted below, narrowly ovate to ovate, 5-8(-13) x 1.5-3.5(-6.3) cm, margin ciliate towards apex, apex acute to acuminate, base equal, obtuse, truncate, rounded or subacute, glabrous except sparsely minutely pubescent veins above, minutely crisp-pubescent on veins below; pinnately veined, secondary veins 4-5(-7) per side, originating from lower 1/3 or more of primary vein, 2 originating from base, tertiary venation reticulate obsolete above, slightly visible below, primary vein slightly impressed above, prominulous below. Inflorescence erect; peduncle filiform, to 3(-4) cm long, sparsely pubescent; spike 1-1.7 cm long, 1.5 mm wide, apiculate; floral bracts rounded to cucullate, sparsely fringed, with central dark gland; anthers dehiscing laterally; ovary glabrous. Fruits without style, stigmas 3?, sessile.
